Khālistān

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Khālistān (‘the land where the khālsā rules’, or ‘the land of the pure’). The name given to the territory which some Sikhs would like to see established as a Sikh homeland. In some estimates, it would be greater than the present Puñjāb, and would include an outlet to the Indian Ocean.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions JOHN BOWKER

Khalistan

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Khalistan the name given by Sikh nationalists to a proposed independent Sikh state; the name may be compared with Arabic khālsa ‘pure, real, proper’.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

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